Comments on: Caught: They Stole my Blog Post

By: Rob Ferrall

Rob Ferrall — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:55:03 +0000

I’m “angry” because a 3rd party stole my content and placed it on their website. My expertise, my effort , my insight, and some other website is benefiting. It appears as though Brinkster’s abuse department doesn’t do much of anything — the article has not been removed. I’m going to Godaddy/Wild West next, then I’m sending a DMCA to search engines. However, maybe this will serve as a good example of why it’s not a good idea to steal content from others. Maybe it’s a misunderstanding on your end, but I think I’ve been patient — it’s been a couple of weeks and I haven’t even contacted Google and the like yet.

By: hazem

hazem — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:57:26 +0000

the article is removed, but if you viewed the cashed page in google you will find that he added a back link to you in the bottom of the page (read full story)

so why you are angry!!!

By: Rob Ferrall

Rob Ferrall — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:29:22 +0000

Thanks. I may need to send a proper DMCA takedown notice — it’s been three days and the abuse department hasn’t responded, in any capacity, yet. I included DMCA info without the proper request… but maybe Brinkster.com, or the service that manages their servers (if they aren’t self-managed), is slow.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:28:38 +0000

Since the site appears to be hosted within the U.S. you’ll likely need to file a DMCA notice before the work is removed. If you need a template for that, you can find one on my site.

Let me know if there is anything that I can do to help!